The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-04-16

by lrlshLnen shall nave the right OF
making laws for Ireland on Irish soil.
Hear. hear, and applause
GALWAY.
The Grand Jury passed a strong reso-
luton in favor of the purchase by the
Midland Great Western Railway Com
pany of the A-thenry and Ennis juno
tion Railway. Seventeen voted in favor
OF the resolution and five against, one
not voting.
KILDARE.
At the Kildare assizes, Judge And
rews, representing the English law,
told the grand jury that the state of the
county was satisfactory
LEITRIM.
a Central News telegram says: Son
Tuesday evening at Mohill, On the
Cavan, Leltrim and Roscomnon Rail
way, an engine with four empty wagons
in front, in which were eight railway
laborers, was proceeding towards Mo-
hill when they ran into donkey which
had strayed on the line. The wagons
were thrown off the rails and piled Oh
top Of one another, several men being
buried beneath the debris. Two men
named MEG owan and McDermott We're
killed on the SPOT. ard another man
named Mccormack was SO terribly
crushed that he died in four hours after
being extricated. Three other men
sustained very serious injuries, and two
BOYS received scalp wounds"
LOUTH.
A coroner's jury in Louth found the
following verdict THAT Ellen Phil
fps, on Saturday. March H. at Reaghs-
town, County Louth, died from ex-
haustion, the result Of hemorrhage
from a wound in her throat, which she
received OH February Is. The jury have
no evidence before them TO show by
whom the said wound was inilcted."
MAYO.
At Daliyhannls one man was sentenc-
ed to seven months imprisonment, two
to one month"; imprisonment, and one
discharged on recognizances, for the re-
cent ''rioting'; at that place.
The Dublin Freeman says: A. resolu.
tion has been adopted at a meeting of
the clergy of the Deanery OF Westport,
with reference to q proposed line of
railway between Galway and Clifden.
There is a project on foot to connect
the two places, and much local interest
is taken in it's accomplishment. The
district is one which urgently requires
some such light railway system as that
suggested. A large tract of country,
taking in Clare, Galway, Headford and
Cong. lies between the western capital
and Clifden, and the backward condi~
ton CT the locality is unquestionably
attributed in great measure to the
absolute want Of easy and rapid COM
munication between one end and the
other. AS the resolution Of the West
port and clergy mentioned, a scheme
for the railway connection Of Galway
and Clifden was pronounced by the late
Sir Edward Sullivan to be Ga work OF
national Importance" and amy one who
knows that part Of the country will &C
the justice Of the opinion
of the late Lord Chancellor. II we had
a Government with the faintest regard
for the best interests ofthe country, it
would be in such projects as this they
would exhibit their energy instead of
subordinating and sacrificing every
thing else to their eternal dragooning.
} ust at present the construction of the
projected railway would be of immense
service to the people Of the district. It
would afford a much-needed source of
employment at a time when the pinch
of the universal depression is espec-
tally keenly felt by a | rye portion Of
the inhabitants.
SLIGO.
At meeting of the tenants on the
Hillas estate, the plan Of campaign
was adopted. Father Cosgrove
presided. The reverend chairman, in
addressing the tenants, referred to the
callous Indifference of the landlord when
appealed to so far back as 1880 for re-
duction of rents. Three months ago
the tenants had waited on this landlord,
asking for reduction of rent and also
to change the gale days from September
to November, and March to May. The
first he refused; the second be promised
to grant, but broke his word, as the
gale DAYS still remain the same. They
could not, therefore, look any longer to
MI. H1llas for consideration. In the
course Of Father Cosgrave's address, he
said: ''Let them stand together like
men, and let each mans interest be the
interest Of all and resolve that dav that